[Met Concert or Gala] CID:256710



Met Marathon
Metropolitan Opera House, Sun, March 4, 1979 Broadcast





Met Marathon



Metropolitan Opera House
March 4, 1979 Broadcast

MET MARATHON

Announcer: Peter Allen

Master of Ceremonies: Robert Sherman

Guest Speakers:

Licia Albanese
Bidu Sayao
Sara Tucker
Charles Nelson Reilly
Dario Soria
Frank E. Taplin

Tannh?user: Dich teure Halle
Johanna Meier
William Vendice, Piano

Simon Boccanegra: Il lacerato spirito
Jerome Hines
William Vendice, Piano

Rusalka: Song to the Moon
Teresa Kubiak
William Vendice, Piano

I Vespri Siciliani: O tu Palermo
James Morris
Tom Fulton, Piano

La Favorita: O Mio Fernando
Bianca Berini
Warren Jones, Piano

I Puritani: Suoni la tromba
Sherrill Milnes
James Morris
Tom Fulton, Piano

Andrea Ch?nier: Nemico della patria
Garbis Boyagian
Warren Jones, Piano

La Rondine: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
Leona Mitchell
William Vendice, Piano

Kahn: Toast of New Orleans: Be My Love
Ren? Kollo
Tom Fulton, Piano

Don Pasquale: Cercher? lontana terra
Dalmacio Gonzalez [First appearance]
Warren Jones, Piano

La Cenerentola: Nacqui all'affanno
Maria Ewing
James Levine, Piano

Schubert: Marche Charact?ristique No. 2
James Levine, Piano
Frank E. Taplin, Piano

La P?richole: Ah quel diner je viens de faire
Elena Obraztsova
James Levine, Piano

La Boh?me: Donde lieta
Makvala Kasrashvili [First appearance]
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Adriana Lecouvreur: O vagabonda stella
Elena Obraztsova
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Le Tor?ador (Adam): Ah vous dirai-je maman
Roberta Peters
Harriet Wingreen, Piano
John Slocom, Flute

Don Quichotte ? Dulcin?e (Ravel): Chanson romanesque; Chanson ?pique; Chanson ? boire
John Shirley-Quirk
David Leighton, Piano

Il Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari): Bond?, cara Venezia
M'ama, non m'ama (Mascagni)
Renata Scotto
Joan Dornemann, Piano

Manon: Epouse quelque brave fille
John Cheek
Warren Jones, Piano

Die Fledermaus: Spiel' ich die Unschuld vom Lande
Betsy Norden
Tom Fulton, Piano

Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro
Renata Scotto
James Levine, Piano

Falstaff: L'onore
Renato Capecchi
William Vendice, Piano

The Ballad of Baby Doe: Willow Song
Betsy Norden
Tom Fulton, Piano

Ernani: Infelice
Dmitri Kavrakos [First appearance]
David Leighton, Piano

Ariadne auf Naxos: Musik ist eine heilige Kunst
Tatiana Troyanos
James Levine, Piano

[This concert was a fund-raising event performed before an audience of contributors and Patrons of the Metropolitan Opera. It was broadcast nationally, and donations from listeners were pledged by phone.]







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